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    which showed the Russian people how weak the military were which therefore caused national humiliation. With the people of Russia humiliated‚ they began the 1905 Revolution. An example of one of the most humiliating Russian defeats during the war was the Battle of Tsushima in May of 1905. The Russians sent 35 battleships from northern Europe to Japan. As the north of Russia was frozen over‚ the Russian fleet was forced to go past Africa and of an 8 month journey. When the Russian fleet finally arrived

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    The Russian government was a serious problem‚ and the people felt it. In the first place‚ the caste system which classified the people in groups‚ was made of three classes‚ the “top”‚ the “upper”‚ and the “lower”. The top class was made of the Tsar‚ (which is an all-powerful ruler with limitless power‚ Bjornlund 4) and his family‚ which was basically an abusive monarchy. The upper class was very wealthy and land-owning‚ if and when there were any kinds of government issues‚ these people were represented

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    way‚ a person with a cancer does not show symptoms of illness in the first stages‚ the same way it was not apparent that Russia had been economically and industrially “sick” until the defeat in the Crimean War. The most significant reform to remedy Russian backwardness was the Emancipation Edict‚ followed by a number of jurisdictional‚ educational and military reforms. The essay focuses on emancipation‚ as it was the most radical change‚ representative for the trends and problems in Russia. It discusses

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    country‚ on par with many of the European nations of this time. She learned to speak and write in Russian even though she was born German.

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    Leading up to the Russian Revolution in 1905‚ there were a series of decisions and accidents‚ signs of discontentment amongst the poor and also a tension increase between Russia and Japan. It was ultimately these problems which lead to the Revolution and the end of Tsar Nicolas II’s regime. But why did this political opposition grow towards Nicolas II? In 1985‚ Russia had persuaded Japan to give up Port Arthur and the Liaotung Peninsula to her. There were agreements that followed with China which

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    Introduction Animal Farm‚ a fable that represents the Russian Revolution and communism‚ in 1917 shows how people with power can corrupt a whole society. Each character in Animal Farm has the personality of important leaders during the Russian Revolution and Soviet era-Russia. Snowball is Trotsky; Old Major is Lenin; and Napoleon is Stalin. Old Major stated‚ “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing". Old Major believed all humans preyed on animal labor without giving back‚ that

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    Since the days of Peter the Great‚ the Russian Orthodox Church was directed by a religious governing body known as the Holy Synod. Representatives of the Holy Synod were appointed by the tsar; however‚ Tsar Nicholas II ruled terribly that the Orthodox leaders encouraged the revolution. For years‚ the Russian Orthodox Church had a continuous relationship with the tsars and opposition to the liberals. The Bolsheviks were persistent in their antagonism toward religion‚ with their atheist ideals‚ they

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    peasants – over 80% Decline in agriculture Large army = cost a lot more money The early reign of Nicholas II‚ 1894-1905 Came to throne in 1894 Russification – Russian was declared to be the official first language; all legal proceedings such as trials had to be conducted in Russian. Restricted the influence of the non-Russian national minorities within the empire Anti-Semitism – greatest victims of Russification were Jews. Many measures were introduced‚ heavy social‚ political and economic

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    Bolsheviks won the majority votes within the Petrograd and Moscow Soviets. After this the October Revolution happened: Lenin wanted to get on the 10th of October the 12 Russian party leaders to make a revolution‚ so Lenin would be able to

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    the hungry industrial workers in the cities. As the death toll of the backwards‚ ill-equipped Russian Army was devastatingly high‚ this meant that virtually everyone in Russia would lose someone they knew‚ regardless of social status. The lack of reliable supplies of food and basic commodities such as coal (most of it was going to the front) further crippled the economy‚ especially during the harsh Russian winter. This caused riots and protests to break out‚ ones that the once-Royalist troops were

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